Recently I've been getting banned all over the place.
Just last week I permanently lost Reddit access (even on new accounts that they can map to me) because I tried to bulk delete my old comments using an app.
A few months before that I lost Blind. I don't know why.
Neither site has been responsive when I ask for what they know about me using GDPR/CCPA
I've used the internet for decades and never been banned from anything before and I don't think my behavior has changed. I assume that sites are just getting real strict for whatever reason.
Cloudflare and Captchas are becoming far more aggressive in the last couple of months, too. I even failed a Cloudflare check for the first time ever recently, which was a bit of a surprise.
It seems we're sleepwalking into not being able to do much on the internet unless you have a profile paired 1 to 1 with your IRL ID.
I imagine a lot of it is connected with the upcoming US election and escalating conflict between 'east and west' going on at the moment. Though chipping away at enlightenment values in such a a manner is exactly how we lose.
Just last week I permanently lost Reddit access (even on new accounts that they can map to me) because I tried to bulk delete my old comments using an app.
A few months before that I lost Blind. I don't know why.
Neither site has been responsive when I ask for what they know about me using GDPR/CCPA
I've used the internet for decades and never been banned from anything before and I don't think my behavior has changed. I assume that sites are just getting real strict for whatever reason.